WordPress News Digest for Tuesday, August 12, 2014

By WP Daily / wpdaily.co — WordPress itself is very comfortable to use. It offers plenty of functions and features that make running a website or blog as easy as possible. In addition, when you update to the latest WordPress version it adds […] The post 11 WordPress… More →

By WP Daily / wpdaily.co — Last week, I wrote up a lengthy guide to finding the right plugin for Tidy Repo. The large majority of this has to do with testing plugins once you’ve found them, and I thought I […] The post A Few… More →

By WP Tavern / www.wptavern.com — Comments are an important aspect of your content and can serve as a vehicle for building community. WordPress site admins put in a hefty amount of work moderating comments and combating spam, just to keep the conversation going with comments… More →

By Post Status / poststat.us — Audit WP had a short, but interesting life span. Started by Rob Neu and Jacob King, the site launched in February, and today it’s been acquired by WP Site Care. They made an early splash after their launch when Jacob… More →

By Pippins Plugins / pippinsplugins.com — WordPress provides a nice, simple API for loading scripts in plugins and themes. We use the wp_enqueue_script() and wp_register_script() to instruct WordPress to load the scripts we need, and it works exceptionally well. Sometimes, however, we don’t need to just… More →

By Elegant Themes / www.elegantthemes.com — Running your site on WordPress offers several distinct advantages. For instance, you can manage your online presence more easily than if you’d opted for a non-CMS solution. But you can also set up and run contests on your site, which… More →

By Wplift / wplift.com — Adding a “Like” button to your WordPress site is a simple and easy way to gain feedback on posts, images and other types of content that you add. It’s quick and anonymous and allows a visitor to show their appreciation… More →

By WP Beginner / www.wpbeginner.com — Often you see bloggers publish sponsored posts on their blog. Recently one of our users asked if it was possible to automatically add a “Sponsored” prefix in post titles. In this article, we will show you how to add sponsored… More →

By WPExplorer / www.wpexplorer.com — The topic of website failure is not the most popular one out there, and especially if we’re talking about our… The post How to Mess Up Your WordPress Blog in 10 Simple Steps (Part 2) appeared first on Best Premium… More →

By ManageWP / managewp.com — As a website developer, there are times when you don’t want to be chained to your desk. Instead, you’d prefer to take your work to a café, a park or anywhere, just for a change of pace. Or perhaps you… More →

By Thomas Bensmann / thomas.bensmann.no — This a question I have heard (too) many time. How does one reset the root MySQL password on Ubuntu. In order to make this as simple as possible… The post How to: Reset root MySQL password on Ubuntu appeared first… More →

By WPSpeak / wpspeak.com — If you love writing, you’ll love Concise. Concise is the latest addition to our collection of Genesis Child Theme that comes with clean design so you can focus on writing. It’s built with HTML5 markup and mobile responsive. In summary,… More →

By WP Tavern / www.wptavern.com — Broken Lizard’s 2001 comedy “Super Troopers” introduced millions of viewers to the “cat game.” In the scene, a highway patrolman pulls Jim Gaffigan over and then tries to insert the word “meow” casually into the conversation as many times as… More →

By WP Tavern / www.wptavern.com — Sprout Apps will soon be launching a suite of business apps targeted at WordPress freelancers and small businesses. WordPress developer Daniel Cameron is behind the project, which is centered around creating plugins that help business owners work more efficiently with… More →

By Matt Mullenweg / ma.tt — This is about the Great Filter. (No, not Akismet.) It’s Adam Ford and Robert Hanson on existential risks to humanity, a continuation of the Fermi Paradox discussion I posted about the other day. More →

By Alex King / alexking.org — There’s been a ton of recent conversation in the iOS world about the inability for most indie developers to create sustainable businesses through the iOS app store. In particular, these devs are talking about apps that require larger development efforts… More →

By WP Tavern / www.wptavern.com — Theme Checklist is a new plugin by Greg Priday of SiteOrigin. The plugin provides a checklist of items to go through before submitting a theme to the WordPress theme directory. Once activated, you’ll find the checklist under Tools > Theme… More →

By Tom McFarlin / tommcfarlin.com — Whenever the topic of talking about using WordPress as a foundation for web applications comes up, I always get mixed reactions. That is, I’ll hear anything from how that’s a silly idea to how a person wants to know more… More →

By WP Tavern / www.wptavern.com — Audit WP has been acquired by WP Site Care. According to the announcement, Audit WP will operate under WP Site Care while continuing to offer specialized SEO services. Rob Neu, who owned and operated Audit WP, will become WP Site… More →

By WooThemes / www.woothemes.com — Thanks to the Internet, you can make money in ways you never could before in the e-commerce sector and even hit the big time if you’re lucky. Selling products through wholesaling is one of those ways. This sales model isn’t… More →

By WP Shout / wpshout.com — Have a great idea for a website, but still need to get it online? WPShout is partnering with A2 Hosting to give away free WordPress hosting to three lucky readers! How to enter Through Twitter Follow us on Twitter, then… More →

By WP Shout / wpshout.com — In my WordPress work, I rarely go long without using cPanel, the server administration tool that most shared hosts offer their customers. cPanel’s visual interface looks like AOL used to look back when they were shipping CDs, but I’ve really… More →